…just noticed that my blog is up for review on ‘So many blogs – so little time‘ today. Must remember to write something spontaneous and amusing in case anyone new visits. Bugger. Mind’s gone blank… I didn’t surf today.
Monthly Archives: July 2007
A quick moan before breakfast…
July 18, 2007 – 7:32 am
My apologies if anyone has been experiencing difficulties accessing this site. I wrote a stiff email to my beloved hosting company threatening them with court action, a dead leg and a chinese wrist burn from my son. They buckled immediately and normal service was resumed. It seems they have had trouble with their servers again [...]
The day of rest…
July 15, 2007 – 6:39 pm
Several days ago I posted about the ridiculous heat that was somewhat hampering progress at the Grindstone. Perfect for the weekend however, lounging by the river supping an ice cold Magners (yes I still have one left!) and an ice cream or two – until I awoke this morning to a heavily looming sky. For [...]
He gets everywhere…
July 14, 2007 – 8:58 pm
I would have said all seeing, all knowing but that would be stretching the boundaries of decent truth. One thing can be said about my father – he does get about in the blogging community. It started with a few random comments on my site, he then spread to commenting on sites on my blogroll. [...]
Some like it hot…
July 13, 2007 – 4:39 pm
It’s tricky building a roof here. For months on end it seems like it’s time to brush up on ark design and start slinging pairs of woodland creatures into crates or it’s hot enough to do a round of easy over on rye on the bonnet of my car. My horrifically annoying alarm has been [...]
A very brief conversation…
July 11, 2007 – 5:16 pm
Me – those free Portuguese lessons sound good, you should do it! AD – hmmm not sure really… Me – then you could talk to Portuguese girls! AD – true. And I am bilingual curious… I didn’t surf today.
Not so smart…
July 10, 2007 – 6:50 pm
I’d really like to be environmentally sound and drive a small, economical car – reducing my carbon footprint to that of a tiny mouse. But there are issues I can’t quite get my head around… I didn’t surf today.
Penfold’s surf tips – lesson 7
July 8, 2007 – 11:47 am
Down the line Duckdiving. Named after the well-renowned aquatic bird ‘the duck’. You are nothing like this animal. You are not sleek, graceful and at ease in the water. You are on a board the size of an aircraft carrier and stand about as much chance of ‘ducking’ it as you do of getting a [...]